The electrochemical behavior of valproic acid (VAL) was investigated using square wave voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, and sampled direct current polarography and a new square wave voltammetric method was developed for determination of VAL in pharmaceutical preparations. VAL showed two reduction peaks at about -0.2 V and -0.8 V vs. Ag/AgCl 3 M KCl with a hanging mercury drop electrode in 0.05 M pH 3.3 Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer. These peaks were named peak I and peak II, respectively. The types of limiting current of both peaks were determined as diffusion controlled based on cyclic voltammetry studies. A linear calibration graph was obtained in the range 1.46 × 10-4 -1.0 × 10-3 M. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were 1.09 × 10-4 M (21.05 μg/mL) and 1.10 × 10-4 M (144.20 μg/mL), respectively. Recovery studies for the accuracy of the method were performed by adding known amounts of VAL and it was found to be 109.67 ± 4.85%. The proposed method was successfully applied to pharmaceutical products on the market.
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Türköz Acar, E., & Onar, A. N. (2016). Square wave voltammetric determination of valproic acid in pharmaceutical preparations. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 40(1), 106–116. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-1504-81
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